MSNBC recently did a video segment about Field Notes and how they keep the secrets from being spoiled. It offers a fun inside look at the company and its iconic notebooks.
]]>This story has been around for awhile but I love it as it relates to two things that I love: baseball and beautiful penmanship. Long time baseball coach Don Wakamatsu, now with my favorite team, the Texas Rangers, is renowned for his fantastic calligraphy. When he does the lineup cards before each game, the cards are truly works of art. Linked below are a couple of articles written about him and his passion for calligraphy. Enjoy!
Baseball Coach Brings His Beautiful Calligraphy to the Baseball Dugout
The Write Way: KC’s Coach’s Lineup Cards are Artful
Another Major League coach, Jerry Narron, also does his lineup cards in calligraphy for his team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fox Sports did a video about him and his process and that video is below.
]]>I thought I would share a short video from a new series, Samll Thing Big Idea, by TED. This seriesĀ takes a look at small things that have had big impacts on the world we live in. This particular episode is interesting to me as it looks at the humble but wonderful pencil. The narrator for this episode is none other that Caroline Weaver, the owner and proprietor of CW Pencil in New York City. CW Pencil is a store completely dedicated to pencils, especially wooden ones. She takes us through a short history of the pencil and how it
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